Subgaleal hemorrhages (SH) involve bleeding in the expansive compartment between the periosteum of the skull and the galea aponeurotica. The potentially rapid accumulation of blood in this space is responsible for the clinical severity, as neonates with SH can present with acute hypovolemia, shock and multiorgan failure. SH is associated with instrumented delivery, especially with use of vacuum extraction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNasal gliomas are extremely rare in neonates with an incidence of 1 in 20,000 to 40,000. They often are asymptomatic but can present with respiratory distress depending on the size and location of the tumor. A newborn female was prenatally diagnosed with a left nasal mass.
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January 2012
Carcinoembryonic cell adhesion molecule 6 (CEACAM6) is a glycosylated, glycophosphatidylinositol-anchored protein expressed in epithelial cells of various primate tissues. It binds gram-negative bacteria and is overexpressed in human cancers. CEACAM6 is associated with lamellar bodies of cultured type II cells of human fetal lung and protects surfactant function in vitro.
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June 2009
Carcinoembryonic cell adhesion molecule 6 (CEACAM6) is a glycosylated, glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein expressed in epithelial cells of various human tissues. It binds gram-negative bacteria and is overexpressed in cancers, where it is antiapoptotic and promotes metastases. To characterize CEACAM6 expression in developing lung, we cultured human fetal lung epithelial cells and examined responses to differentiation-promoting hormones, adenovirus expressing thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), and silencing of TTF-1 with small inhibitory RNA.
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